Staff and Graduate
Students
Joint Centre for Disaster Research
Staff
Director
Associate
Professor David Johnston, BSc MSc (Hons) Canterbury PhD Massey
Massey University/GNS Science.
Associate Director
Associate Professor Bruce Glavovic, School of People , Environment & Planning
Michele Daly, School of Psychology (EM Teaching Coordinator)
Dr Emma Doyle, School of Psychology (from Feb. 2010)
Dr Sarb Johal, Research Associate, School of Psychology
Ash Smith, School of Psychology (Administrative Assistant)
Dr Kathy Stuart, School of Psychology (Research Officer)
Dr Ruth Tarrant, School of Psychology
Robyn Tuohy, School of Psychology (Research Officer)
Massey University - Affiliated
Rodney Adank, School of Design
Petra T Buergelt, School of Psychology
Associate Professor Stuart Carr, School of Psychology
Associate Professor Shane Cronin, Institute of Natural Resources
Professor Ian Evans, School of Psychology
Dr Dianne Gardner, School of Psychology
Dr Lesley Patterson, School of People, Environment & Planning
Associate Professor Robin Peace, School of People, Environment &
Planning
Dr Bob Stewart, Institute of Natural Resources
Professor Vince Neall, Institute of Natural Resources
GNS Science - Affiliated
Julia Becker, Avalon
Dr Kelvin Berryman, Avalon
Maureen Coomer, Avalon
Brendon Doody, Avalon
Gaye Downes, Avalon
Jane Forsyth, Dunedin
Dr Graham Leonard, Avalon
Wendy Saunders, Avalon
Kim Wright, Avalon
External Research Affiliates
David Allen, Consultant
Associate Professor Matt Davis, Dominican University of California
Dr Michael Eburn, School of Law, University of New England New
South
Wales
Dr Stephen Edwards, Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, University
College London, UK
Dr Chris Gregg, East Tennessee State University
Professor Bruce Houghton, University of Hawaii
Dr Sarb Johal, Ministry of Health
Dr Ilan Kelman, Center for International Climate and Environmental
Research, Norway
Associate Professor John McClure, Victoria University
Dr Carol MacDonald, Consultant
Professor Douglas Paton, University of Tasmania
Dr Stefan Reese, NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand
Professor Kevin Ronan, University of Central Queensland
Dr Tiziana Rossetto, Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept.,
University College London, UK
Professor Tony Taylor, Victoria University
Dr John Twigg, Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, University College
London, UK
Associate Professor Suzanne Wilkinson, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Auckland
Tom Wilson, University of Canterbury
Graduate Students - linked to the Centre
Naseem Ali (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD student, University of Auckland)
“Dispute Resolution.”
Scott Barnard (University of Canterbury PhD student – Department
of Geological Sciences)
“A quantitative analysis of the vulnerability of components
of infrastructure to volcanic ash.”
Julia Becker (PhD student, School of Psychology, Massey University)
“Increasing Community Resilience: Understanding how individuals
make meaning of hazard information and how this relates to preparing
for hazards”
Erle Busby(MSc student, School of Psychology,
Massey University)
“Flood Recovery Management: A comparative benefit analysis
between CIMS and ECM using an examination of the Eastern Bay of
Plenty Flood event of July 2004 recovery process as a case study.”
Alice Yan Chang (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD student, University of Auckland)
“Resourcing for Post-disaster
Reconstruction.”
Abdur Rehman Cheema (PhD student, Institute of Development Studies
School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University)
“Role of good governance in addressing vulnerabilities in
disaster management in Pakistan”
Jennifer DuBois (University of Canterbury PhD student – Department
of Geological Sciences)
“The plausiblity of a submarine landslide generated tsunami
at Kaikoura Canyon”
Temitope Egbelakin (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD student, University of Auckland)
“Incentives and Motivators
to Enhance Seismic Retrofit Implementation.”
Debra Ellis (PhD student, School of Psychology, Massey University)
“Health sector emergency management roles in New Zealand”
Jeremy Gibbons (MSc student, School of Psychology,
Massey University)
“An integrated approach to emergency management training.”
Steve Glassey (MSc student, School of Psychology,
Massey University)
“Shooting them is not the answer. How New Zealand can enhance
its emergency planning to protect domestic animals during disasters?.”
Monica Gowan (University of Canterbury PhD student – Health
Sciences Centre)
“Self-management of disaster risk and uncertainty: evaluating
a personal health-based wellness paradigm for building disaster
resistance.”
John Hewitt (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD student, University of Auckland)
“Understand priority
reconstruction needs of a community during response and recover
stage.”
Rosalind Houghton (Victoria University PhD student – Department
of Sociology and Social Policy)
“Domestic Violence following natural hazard events in New
Zealand”
James Hudson (PhD student, School of Psychology and Te mata o te
Tau, Massey University)
“The Quantification of Iwi Development: A Framework for Iwi
Development & Resilience”
Laura Jardine-Coom (Masters student, Geography
Department, University of Canterbury)
“Exploring Kaitiakitanga and Hazard Management in Aotearoa
New Zealand.”
Yasir Javed (PhD student, Institute of Information
and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University)
“Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Web-based Integrated
Incident Resource Management System for decision support in Emergency
Operation Centres”
Shabana Khan (PhD student, School of Geography,
Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington).
“A geographical analysis of the hazardscape of Wellington
region: influences on intra-regional response.”
Tingting Liu (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD student, University of Auckland)
“Managing Government
Exposure to Public-Private Partnerships Project Risk.”
David McIvor (University of Tasmania PhD student – School
of Psychology)
“Means-end Chain Modelling of Natural Hazard Preparedness.”
Caroline Orchiston (Departments of Tourism and Geology PhD student,
University of Otago)
“Tourism and earthquakes in the zone of the Alpine Fault:
risk perceptions and business resilience in the tourism industry”.
Dean Podolsky (University of Canterbury PhD student – Department
of Geological Sciences)
"Time-variant multi-hazard and risk communication analysis
of the northern Whakatane
District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand”
Chris Raine (PhD student, School of Psychology, Massey University)
“Complexities of volunteerism associated with New Zealand
Emergency Management”
James Rotimi (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD student, University of Auckland)
“Legislation Post-disaster”.
Wendy Saunders (PhD student with School of People, Environment
& Planning, Massey University)
“Effective land-use planning for natural hazard management”
Heather Taylor (PhD student, School of Psychology, Massey University)
“Children in Disasters: Children's Experiences of
Flooding in Surakarta, Indonesia”
Ian de Terte (PhD student, School of Psychology, Massey University)
“Resilience and the prevention of work related traumatic stress:
testing an ecological model”
Robyn Tuohy (MSc student, School of Psychology, Massey University)
“Older people’s experiences of the Kaitaia flood evacuation:
a narrative study with the residents of two communities.”
Tom Wilson (University of Canterbury PhD student – Department
of Geological Sciences)
“Vulnerability of New Zealand’s pastoral farming systems
and rural communities to volcanic hazards.”
Johnny Wardman (University of Canterbury MSc student – Department
of Geological Sciences)
“Quantitative analysis of “flashover” potential
for high voltage transmission equipment exposed to volcanic ash”
Fei Ying (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD
student, University of Auckland)
"
Applying Decision Analysis in
Seismic Mitigation Implementation"
Mohammad Reza Zare (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD student, University of Auckland)
“Earthquake effects
on wastewater systems with particular emphasis on pipelines.”
Kelvin Zuo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD student, University of Auckland)
“Procurement and contractual
framework for disaster reconstruction.” |